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Labour must raise funding to end GP ‘8am scramble’, says doctors’ group

Labour must raise funding to end GP ‘8am scramble’, says doctors’ group



Core general practices forced to ‘do more and more with less and less’ says Doctors’ Association UK as strike action continuesLabour’s promise to “end the 8am scramble” for medical appointments will be impossible without increasing core funding for GPs, according to a leading medical association.The health secretary, Wes Streeting, pledged during the general election campaign that Labour would “end the 8am scramble by allowing patients to easily book appointments to see the doctor they want, in the manner they choose”. Continue reading…



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Author : Vivian Ho

Publish date : 2024-08-17 09:19:19

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